Author Archives: basiltsiokos

Coming to PBS’s POV today, Monday, July 18:
MANZANAR, DIVERTED: WHEN WATER BECOMES DUST

Director:
Ann Kaneko

World Premiere:
Bog Sky Doc 2021

Select Festivals:
New Orleans, CAAMFest, DOXA, BlackStar, Portland, Los Angeles Asian Pacific, Harlem, Toronto Reel Asian, Martha’s Vineyard, San Diego Asian, Hawaii

About:
Native Americans, Japanese-American WWII incarcerees, and environmentalists form an unexpected alliance to defend their land and water from Los Angeles.

Coming to theatres today, Friday, July 15:
FROM WHERE THEY STOOD

Director:
Christophe Cognet

World Premiere:
Berlin 2021

Select Festivals:
Jihlava, Thessaloniki Doc, FID Marseille, Jerusalem, Indielisboa, Open City Doc

About:
A handful of prisoners in WWII camps risked their lives to take clandestine photographs and document the hell the Nazis were hiding from the world. In the vestiges of the camps, director Christophe Cognet retraces the footsteps of these courageous men and women in a quest to unearth the circumstances and the stories behind their photographs.

Coming to theatres today, Friday, July 15:
GABBY GIFFORDS WON’T BACK DOWN

Director:
Julie Cohen, Betsy West

World Premiere:
SXSW 2022

Select Festivals:
Minneapolis-St Paul

About:
A gunman ended her skyrocketing political career, but didn’t stop Congresswoman Gabby Giffords.

Coming to NYC’s Film Forum tomorrow, Friday, July 15:
THE LAST MOVIE STARS

Director:
Ethan Hawke

World Premiere:
SXSW 2022

Select Festivals:
Cannes

About:
An epic 6-chapter film chronicling Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward’s iconic careers and decades-long partnership.

Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, July 15:
MARX CAN WAIT

Director:
Marco Bellocchio

World Premiere:
Cannes 2021

Select Festivals:
New York, Busan, BFI London, Taipei Golden Horse, Vienna, IDFA, BAFICI

About:
In his most achingly personal film to date, the legendary Italian filmmaker uses the occasion of a family reunion to excavate and discuss a traumatic event: the suicide of his twin brother Camillo.

New to DVD and VOD this week:
MUSEUM TOWN

Director:
Jennifer Trainer

World Premiere:
SXSW 2019

Select Festivals:
Sarasota, Berkshire, Provincetown, Aspen, Woodstock, GlobeDocs, Hamptons

About:
An institutional history and portrait of a contemporary arts center.

I previously wrote about the doc here.

New to VOD this week:
FAIR PLAY

Director:
Jennifer Siebel Newsom

World Premiere:
theatrical release (July 2022)

About:
A deep look at domestic inequity, making visible the invisible care work historically held by women, and inspiring a more balanced and equitable future.

Coming to Netflix today, Wednesday, July 13:
DB COOPER: WHERE ARE YOU?!

Director:
Marina Zenovich

World Premiere:
Netflix (July 2022)

About:
In 1971, a skyjacker parachutes off a plane with a bag of stolen cash and gets away with it, leaving his identity a compelling mystery for decades to follow.

New to DVD this week:
ACCEPTED

Director:
Dan Chen

World Premiere:
Tribeca 2021

Select Festivals:
New Orleans, Double Exposure, Hot Springs Doc, Full Frame, Cleveland, San Diego Asian, Los Angeles Asian Pacific, Sidewalk, Denver

About:
The ambitious students of the TM Landry Prep School enjoyed a remarkable 100% acceptance rate into the country’s most elite colleges until an explosive New York Times article exposed the controversial teaching methods of its dynamic founder.